Christmas dinner in Portland

Can anyone recommend a restaurant for Christmas dinner in or around the Portland, Me area?

Christmas dinner in Portland

The Harraseeket Inn in Freeport is lovely. 20-30 minutes from downtown Portland. Here%26#39;s a link to this year%26#39;s menu:

www.harraseeketinn.com/site/buffet.shtml

Christmas dinner in Portland

I%26#39;m not sure who%26#39;s open that day. You might check Eve%26#39;s at the Portland Harbor Hotel.

Due to a family member being @ Maine Medical Center, we will be eating at a Christmas buffet at the Holiday Inn by the Bay. It %26#39;s $25/per. The menu looks good, but who knows?

I thought I%26#39;d post a follow-up, for future reference:

The buffet was pretty good. The garden salad was fresh and the dressings were all enjoyed. There was an oyster stew and a tomato bisque. I had the stew - tasty, but could have been hotter.

Entrees on the buffet included a seafood Newburg, prime rib with Yorkshire pudding (very good), a strudel with scallops and shrimp, and chicken cordon bleu. Veggies and starches were a cheesy scalloped potato, rice pilaf, roasted broccoli and cauliflower and squash. The dessert buffet was mostly pies, but there was also angel food cake with strawberries.

Our server (sorry I can%26#39;t remember her name) was excellent, going well beyond the usual clearing and beverages common to buffet service. She knew it was a hard Christmas for us, and did her best to make us feel welcomed and well-treated.

Although we would rather have been home and in happier circumstances, the Christmas buffet at the Holiday Inn was better than expected, and we didn%26#39;t have to do dishes!